功能舉例題

　　這幾乎可以說(shuō)是考研專屬的題型，四級(jí)和六級(jí)從來(lái)不會(huì)考到，因此同學(xué)在備考的時(shí)候要引起足夠的重視，每年都穩(wěn)定在3個(gè)題目左右。它的核心在于考查文中提出到某個(gè)例子是何作用和功能。在題干中常常會(huì)看這樣的詞匯：提到，mention, note, cite；例子，example, case；作用，demonstrate, illustrate, justify, argue, make the point, talk about等。

　　這個(gè)題型的重點(diǎn)在知道功能和作用是源于例子，高于例子，例子本身的內(nèi)容并不重要，因此，例子內(nèi)部的細(xì)節(jié)如果在選項(xiàng)中出現(xiàn)，往往是我們首先排除的選項(xiàng)，重要的是要找到這個(gè)例子的點(diǎn)題句，答案往往就是它或是它的同義轉(zhuǎn)化。

　　(07-01-21)The birthday phenomenon found among soccer players is mentioned to

　　[A] stress the importance of professional training.

　　[B] spotlight the soccer superstars at the World Cup.

　　[C] introduce the topic of what makes expert performance.

　　[D] explain why some soccer teams play better than others.

　　Mention表明這是功能題。定位就是以soccer，birthday這個(gè)詞進(jìn)行定位。因?yàn)槭堑谝活}，肯定是在前面。

　　If you were to examine the birth certificates of every soccer player in 2006’s World Cup tournament, you would most likely find a noteworthy quirk: elite soccer players are more likely to have been born in the earlier months of the year than in the late months. If you then examined the European national youth teams that feed the World Cup and professional ranks, you would find this strange phenomenon to be ever more pronounced.

　　What might account for this strange phenomenon? Here are a few guesses:

　　[A] certain astrological signs confer superior soccer skills;

　　[B] winter born babies tend to have higher oxygen capacity, which increases soccer stamina;

　　[C] soccer-mad parents are more likely to conceive children in springtime, at the annual peak of soccer mania;

　　[D] none of the above.

　　可以看出，文章的整個(gè)第一段都是在討論有關(guān)足球的事情。說(shuō)明這一整段都是例子本身，都不是要我們要關(guān)注的內(nèi)容。

　　對(duì)比一下選項(xiàng)，可以發(fā)現(xiàn)，A，B，D中都是第一段細(xì)節(jié)的重現(xiàn)，professional training, World Cup, soccer等都是細(xì)節(jié)，直接排除，得到答案C。